Combination school desk and chair



Nov. 19, 1929. P. scI-nEFER' ETAL 1,736,135

COMBINATION SCHOOL DESKAND CHAIR Filed Sept. 24, 1925- F3401. SO-I/EFEE 1225527 144 GETTY 61mm, I

Patented Nov. 19, 1929 i UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE PAUL SCI-IIEFER, OF SAN DIEGO, AND ROBERT W. GETTY, OF NATIONAL CITY,

CALIFORNIA 1 COMBINATION SCHOOL DESK AND CHAIR Application filed September 24, 1925. Serial No. 58,307.

Our invention relates to a combination With'these and other objects in view, as will school desk and chair, also commonly known appear hereinafter, our invention consists of as a school chair desk, and the objects of our certain novel features of construction, cominvention are: First, to provide an article of bination and arrangement of parts and prfurniture of this class which, though made tions, as will be hereinafter described in detail of relatively light construction, embodies the and particularly set forth in the appended necessary features of strength required in an claims, reference being had to the accompanyarticle of furniture of this class, as well as ing drawings and to the characters of referthe desirable features of various adjustments ence thereon, which form a part of this appli- 1 to fill themanifold needs; second, to provide Cation, in Which: '60

an article of furniture of this class in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of our comthe desk is supported near one edge only in bination school desk and chair, taken from a manner to be ertically and angularly the front, side and top, SllOWiIlg the general adjusted and still provides considerable and arrangement thereof; Fig. 2 is a fragmentary 15 s'uflicient rigidity at its free or opposite edge, side elevational view thereof, taken from the because of unreasonable weight applied thererlghthand side of the chair, showing by dotted on, to withstand considerable distorting and lines an ang l y Shifted P i Il 0f the breaking force; third, to provide an article desk; Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional elevaof furniture of this class having a vertically tiOnal View thereof, taken through 33 of adjustable desk and an arm rest or chair arm Fig 1, and Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary 7 connected to the desk and vertically adjustsectional view thereof, taken through 4-4 of able therewith, said arm adding considerably F 1g. 2, showing the connection of the rear to the str ngth and rigidit f th d k end of the shiftable chair arm with the one against distortion by reason of weight applied p ig t ack supporting rail of the chair 25 at its free or overhanging'edge; fourth, to PI PBT- provide an article of furniture of this class Like characterspf reference r o i ih i a bi d 1 1; d h i arm th lar parts and portions throughout the several rear end of which chair arm serves as the VIBWS 0f h r i g o pivotal axis for the pivotal or angular adjust- The 11 11 1, prlght desk supporting mem- 1; f th degk, th d dl e t di bers 2 and 3, screws 4, desk supporting bracket or supporting bracket near one edge of the bolt, 5 s desk n ng Strip d k b i Supported i t lli supports screws 9, desk member 10,1'e1nforc1ng bracket readily yieldable in one direction to conform t ap a the l COIlStltutq the with the supporting bracket of the desk, thus prlnclpal Parts d P01110113 0f 0X11 Combmed 35 eliminating expensive construction to provide school desk 0 Chain an angularly adjustable desk; fifth, to pro- The chair 1 of our combined school desk vide a chair of this class having on its one i 6 l}? ybe f n nt na Construcid a i f spaced apart Supporting h tlon, as llustrated in the drawings, e ceptnels adapted to support therebetween a sup- P Q ljlght forward leg 1n the comentlonal 0 ti g b k t f a d k d d t d t position 1s omltted and another leg 1 secured yield readily in one direction to conform with 9 the l P P ahead d s g y One the angularly shifted position thereof when 9 0f h C0I1Y8I1t1011 &1 P as w angularly adjusting the desk of the chair; h g 18 l t v ly Wl e at lts upper portlon i th, t id as a h l a lt and secured in any sultable manner to an ex- 45 structed combination school desk and chair, tended side panel 1 or other portion at the and seventh, to provide an article of furniright side of the chair. Over the front and ture of this class which is particularly simple rear edges of the upper portion of the leg and economical of construction, durable, pracmember 1 is secured, by means of screws 4, a tical, and which will not. readily deteriorate pair of oppositely disposed upright desk sup- .50 or get out f d porting members 2 and 3, respective y. These strip 8, as shown.

members 2 and 3 are metal channel irons with their channel portions receiving the edges of the leg member and extend a considerable distance above said leg member. These upright desk supporting members or channel irons are of such weight as to be readily distortable to ward and from each other, as will be described later.

Between the channel portions of the members '2 and 3 extending above the leg member 1 is supported the lower end of the desk supporting bracket 5, preferably made from a piece of board. In the web portions in the upper ends of the channel irons 2 and 3 are longitudinal slots, indicated by 2 in Fig. 1. Extending transversely through the bracket 5 in the direction of the width is a long bolt 6, which extends outwardly through the l ongitudinal slots of the members 2 and 3. The bracket 5 is rigidly heldv between the mem bers 2 and 3 by means of nuts 7 secured on the outer threaded ends of the bolt -6. To the upper end and at the outer side of the bracket 5 is secured, by means of screws 9 or any other suitable means, a desk reinforcing strip 8 which extends fore and aft, preferably at a slight angle with the horizontal, and slightly forwardly of and backwardly from the bracket 5 to the right side of the right back sup orting rail 1 of the chair 1. The desk mem er 10 is provided at its right side with a backwardly extending arm support or portion 10*, which is formed preferably as an integral or continuous part of the desk member. The member or strip 8 is secured at its upper edge to the under side and near the righthand edge of the desk member and the arm portion thereof. The desk member is supported rigidly or reinforced relatively to the bracket 5 and the strip 8 by a bracket 11 secured to the adjacent inner sides of said members.

The rear end of the arm portion 10 is reduced to the thickness of the reinforcing Over the outer sides and upper and lower sides of the arm portion 10 and the strip 8, at their rear ends, is positioned a metal. strap or clip 12 for strengthem the rear ends of said members relatively to each other. Through the strap 12 and the strip 8 extends a bolt 13 which also extends through a substantially vertical slot 1 in the back rail 1 of the chair. This slot l is considerably wider than the diameter of the bolt 13 to permit of vertical shifting of the desk and also angular shifting thereof, it being noted that the back rail 1 of the chair is inclined at a slight angle as in conventional, chair back construction.

It will be here noted that the unit construction of the desk 10 and the arm support 10 the latter of which has considerable vertical depth at its rear end which is secured adjacent the outer side of the backrail, provides a vertically adjustable desk for chairs, of

considerable strength, particularly at its free or overhanging opposite edge in case unreasonable weight is applied at said edge, as when a person is leaning thereon or thereagainst.

.Vhen desiring to tilt the desk to another position, as shown by dot-ted lines in Fig. 2 of the drawings, the nuts 7 are merely loosened up and the front end of the desk forced downwardly. The nuts 7 are then tightened against the channel members 2 and 3, causing the same to distort slightly, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2, the distortion of the members 2 and 3, however, being corrected again when the nuts are loosened and the desk shifted to the position shown by solid lines, by reason of the inherent spring and readily yieldable nature of the channel members in the direction of their flanges.

Though we have shown and described a particular construction, combination and arrangement of parts and portions and have made reference only to the application of our combination desk and chair for school purposes, we do not wish to be limited to this particular construction, combination and arrangemen't nor to the specific application to school chairs, but desire to include in the scope of our invention, the application of our structure to other classes of chairs and the structure, combination and arrangement sub stantially as set forth in the appended claims.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1-. In an article of furniture of the class described, a chair structure having an upwardly extending portion at its back side, a desk member having an arm supporting portion at its one side and extending backwardly from the main desk portion thereof, said arm supporting portion being pivotally connected at its rear end to the upwardly extending portion of the chair structure-,and spaced apart desk supporting members, fixed at one of their ends to the chair-structure and yieldable at their opposite ends in the direction of a plane passing through both, bracket means secured to the forward portion of said desk member and means adjustably supporting said bracket between the yieldable ends of said desk supporting members for supporting the forward portion of said desk member in vertically and tiltably shiftable relation to said chair structure.

2. In an article of furniture of the class described, a chair structure having an upwardly extending portion at its back side, a desk member having an arm supporting portion at its one side and extending back-wardly from the main desk portion thereof,- said arm supporting portion being pivotally connected at its rear end to the upwardly extending portion of the chair structure, a pair of spaced apart and oppositely disposed channel members secured to one side of said chair structure and extending above the seat portion thereof and with the flanges thereof extending toward each other, said channel members being readily yieldable toward and from each. other, and a desk supporting bracket, extending downwardly from the under side and near one edge of the desk member, positioned between the channel portions of the upwardly extended ends of said channel members, adjustable means supporting said bracket between said upwardly extending channel portions.

3. In an article of furniture of the class described, a chair structure having a forwardly extended portion at its one side and provided with a back, a pair of oppositely supporting said bracket between the upper ture and adapted to be pivoted therewith about said supported portion, and a bracket secured to said desk member at the under side thereof, and near the edge provided with said arm supporting portion, with its lower end positioned between the channel portions of said channel members and adjustable means extending ends of said channel portions.

4. In an article of furniture of the class described, a chair structure having a forwardly extended'portion at its one side and provided with a back, a pair of oppositely disposed channel members secured at their lower ends and with the flanges thereof extending toward each other, to the forwardly extended portion of said chair structure, with the upper ends of said channel members extending above the seat portion of said chair structure, a desk member, provided with a desk portion and an arm. supporting portion, ex

tending backwardly therefrom at one side thereof as a unitary part of said'desk portion,-

supported portion, a bracket secured to said the rear end of said arm supporting portion being vertically shiftably supported at the one side of therback of said chair structure and adapted to be pivotedtherewith about said desk member at the'under side thereof, and

near the edge provided with said arm supporting portion, with its lower end posi the whole of said bracket and through slots in said channel members for rigidly securing 1 said bracket in the various vertical or tilted positions therebetween.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands at San Diego, California, this 8th day of September, 1925. 7

PAUL SCHIEFER. ROBERT W. GETTY.

tioned betweenthe channel portions of said channel members adapted to be variously secured therebetween in upright and tilted po sitions, and a single bolt extending through 

